(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Richard Lee Harris (ASN: 0-63868), United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army from 1967 to 1968.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Richard Lee Harris (ASN: 0-63868), United States Army, was awarded a Third Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Fourth Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with Headquarters, U.S. Army Pacific from 1968 to 1970.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Major (Corps of Engineers) Richard L. Harris (ASN: 0-63868), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Officer in Charge, Nuclear Power Plant, Alaska, from August 1957 to June 1962.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Richard Lee Harris (ASN: 0-63868), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 20th Engineer Combat Battalion, in the Republic of Vietnam, from 1965 to 1966.